1st millennium

<imagemap>File:1st millennium montage.png|From left, clockwise: Depiction of Jesus, the central figure in Christianity; The Colosseum, a landmark of the once-mighty Roman Empire; Gunpowder is invented during the latter part of the millennium, in China; Chess, a new board game, becomes popular around the globe; The Western Roman Empire falls, ushering in the Early Middle Ages; The skeletal remains of a young woman, known as the "ring lady", killed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79; Attila the Hun, leader of the Hunnic Empire, which takes most of Eastern Europe (Background: Reproduction of ancient mural from Teotihuacan, National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City)|565px|thumb rect 9 6 182 173 Jesus Christ rect 192 5 411 169 Roman Empire rect 420 16 560 101 Gunpowder rect 416 112 561 212 Chess rect 13 189 171 356 Attila the Hun rect 184 177 308 346 mount Vesuvius rect 313 222 559 352 Early Middle Ages rect 1 1 566 394  Aztec Empire rect 1 1 566 394 Pilate's court </imagemap>